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One of two Filipinos is dissatisfied with the performance of the Arroyo administration, with public satisfaction hitting a new record low last month, with six months to go before a new government takes over, a new survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.

According to the SWS survey, conducted between December 5 and 10 last year, the administration's net satisfaction rating fell to -23 (28 percent satisfied and 51 percent dissatisfied) in December, lower than -20 in the third quarter and worse than the record low of -21 in June 2008.

The new score was within the range described by the SWS as poor — a category the Arroyo government has been in since February last year.

However, the survey also showed the administration got a neutral score of -2 for its response to the massacre of at least 57 people in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao last November 23.

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MANILA, Philippines - A BusinessWorld-Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Tuesday has come up with similar findings as the Pulse Asia polls which showed Senator Manny Villar and Joseph Estrada gaining significant points in the presidential race, although frontrunner Sen. Benigno Aquino III still has a big lead with 5 months left before the elections.

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MANILA, Philippines - One in two Filipino adults is dissatisfied with the performance of the Arroyo administration, bringing its new net satisfaction rating to -20, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in its recent survey.

The Third Quarter 2009 Social Weather Survey found 30 percent of adults satisfied and 50 percent are dissatisfied with the overall performance of the national administration, for a “poor” net satisfaction rating of -20.

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ne out of every two voters in vote-rich areas of Luzon would have chosen Sen. Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III if presidential elections were held in early September 2009, according to a Special Survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).


The survey was commissioned by a number of private individuals including some members of the business community.



The survey was conducted September 5 to 6 in the National Capital Region (NCR), Pangasinan province, Region 3 (Central Luzon), and Region 4-A (portions of Southern Tagalog).

This two-day period was after presidential aspirant Sen. Manuel 'Mar' Roxas II withdrew from the race in favor of Aquino, his Liberal Party colleague, and just days before Aquino announced he would run for the presidency. Roxas backed out on September 1 while Aquino announced his bid on September 9.

The survey has a margin of error of plus/minus 3%.

In terms of which tandem was most preferred by respondents in the vote-rich areas of Luzon, Aquino-Mar Roxas got 51% voter preference based on a pre-selected list of five combinations:

Aquino-Roxas--51%
Estrada-Loren Legarda--12%
Villar-Kiko Pangilinan--11%
Escudero-Jejomar Binay--9%
De Castro-Ronnie Puno--4%.

The elections are still eight months away. There are still a lot of factor that will be considered and it is still to early to see which candidate will lead in the coming months. Read more On "SWS Survey: Noynoy leads in Luzon as Presidentiable!"!